Delighted Brendan Rodgers gave Tom Rogic such high praise at his pre-match media conference ahead of the longest surviving Glasgow derby. He’s is a player who put enormous effort into personal development and was rewarded with outstanding form before his injury in December.
A word of caution, though. It took Tom several months before his fitness was deemed appropriate to last a full 90 minutes by Brendan Rodgers, so no matter how long we see Tom tonight, this will be no more than a staging post in his recovery. Don’t expect him to be anywhere near his best.
There is little reason to deny Emilio Izaguirre and Cristian Gamboa a run out tonight. Mikael Lustig and Kieran Tierney have both had a busy few weeks, so should be rested with important games ahead later this month.
Brendan doesn’t have many options in advanced positions. Without Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths he will probably deploy the same attacking formation as the one which deconstructed Hearts on Sunday.
If they do their job half as well as they did at Tynecastle, you and I could play in central defence and we’d still win.
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Geordie
” I take it ‘several’ in this instance means June and July seeing as Tom played a full 90mins four times before the end of August ;P ”
That made me smile .
JJ
Regarding The Rangers Football Club plc, no one, not even Glibby, disputes that its status is ‘liquidation’, so, given that the football club was incorporated in 1899, what else could it be but in liquidation along with the company?
Why else would Glib & Shameless have ambitions to take the club out of liquidation?
And, believing this to be something to aspire to, just what club does he think he took over?
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC004276
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/rangers/dave-king-wants-to-take-oldco-rangers-out-of-liquidation-1-3883729
HOT SMOKED on 5TH APRIL 2017 2:04 PM
Wee BGFC
Be careful with your choice of vocabulary……HUNers ?
I admire your tenacity in ensuring that you get to see the Celtic wherever they play in Scotland. You and your da deserve all the help you get from CQN.
Hail ! Hail !
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Haha! :D Thanks mate. I give you a read between the lines sentence
Hundreds of us
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=Huns dread us :D
HH
WEE BGFC
DAVIDOPOULOS
Belated best wishes for a long and happy marriage and for the help you gave me when I was travelling in India and trying to find somewhere to watch the last game against them. This extract from emails home explains what happened:
In Cochin, we stay in Carlton and Patricia’s lovely homestay. I had thoughts of trying to find a screen somewhere that was showing Celtic confronting the Forces of Darkness from the other side of Glasgow but this is scotched (geddit?) when we discover that a house-to-house Stations of the Cross is to take place that evening ending with the 14th and 15th at Carlton and Patricia’s. I get my priorities right.
From twitter.
Dado Prso received just under £2m through the EBT scheme.
Yet we are told it did not affect his decision to play for Rangers? Laughable.
One of the advantages for those of us who do not live on the door-step of Paradise is that our Game Day starts sooner ( except for Old Tim`s Gang ). Mine is just about to start now as I head over to ACGRburg .
Cheerio for now and may our Slump continue.
JJ
TD67
And an admitted illegal payment, along with Novo’s, Buffel’s, Rodriguez’ and A.N.Other.
Not dependent on the appeal at the Supreme Court either.
Brendan’s next team sheet will be interesting.
Will he rest key players as previously suggested, or will he turn the screw and keep things purring over with the first team?
I hope that everyone will be patient if we do see a raft of changes. Chances are the fluidity we saw at the diets will not be as effective, as the familiarity won’t be up to speed.
DAVIDOPOULOS-
Congratulations to you and your good lady.
If she wasnae a Tim afore, she is noo :-)
My own better half’s family in San Francisco have over the years been puzzled by her various nicknames over the years, such as Fenian, Tim, Timette etc.
I doubt the boss will change much for tonight, it’s going to be a tough run in no matter who starts I think, a lot of pressure on the players to do what we are hoping for, Commons? Think I’ll just leave that one alone for now.
HH
Lurking Huns GIRFUYs
Hmmm….. did I hear someone say non-repayable loan? Wonder if I could get one of those to pay for that 20 acres of breathing space that I’ve had my lumg on for tje past 20 months
MakeMinesHotAirCSC
Quick quiz
Two players from the same UK school who captained European Cup winning teams.
For those who travel by car or bus over the Dalmarnock Bridge, there are roadworks to the west of the bridge for about two hundred yards with temporary traffic lights in place.
The temprary traffic lights are on the bridge if you are heading along Dalmarnock Road heading for Springfield Road.
So! Whois the bigot here?
A man has been fined £650 for shouting an offensive remark towards a Remembrance Day parade.
Luke Canning yelled “Tiocfaidh ár lá”, an Irish slogan meaning “our day will come”, at a parade on Remembrance Sunday in Glasgow’s east end, last year.
The boozed-up 23-year-old then struggled with officers when they arrested him for his crime.
Canning, from Baillieston, Glasgow, pled guilty yesterday at the city’s sheriff court, to breaching the peace on November 13 at Abercromby Street.
Two players from the same UK school who captained European Cup winning teams.
Shot in the dark here, Frank McClintoc, Pat Crerand?
Commons had something in common with a lot of the CQNers who fawn over him…..
He a had a guid conceit of himself……
Cellic had a ticket in the dugout in – Neil Lennon…..
I don’t recall any conceited-cliques in the dressing room at that time….
Let PL put one of is puppets in the dugout and,…..
The rudderless structure of the club had infiltrated all departments….
like it did with, WGS, BTM….then, laterly when the PLC flung Neil Lennon under a bus….
after the ‘shame-game’…letting the world know that we’re punchbag FC…..
Commons, Muldini, Stokes, Broony, Joe(the ghost) Ledley etc…..
Where all the other side of the coin of……
Bazza, Leezy, Boydy, Kirky etc…..when they got rid of Paul Le Guen….
Who like all cliques do…circled the wagons….and,….
Flung the toys oot the pram in a hunlike fashion to get rid of,…
Ronny the puppet and, Johnny the boundary pusher…….
Ye see,…….
Ach,….ah canny be bothered any more……
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Thoughts and Prayers for all
Supporters of Glasgow Celtic.
……..off-oot.
Td67
McLintock never won it Tony.
Marrakesh Express
Phil Thompson (Liverpool) and Dennis Mortimer (Villa).
Beatbhoy
Well done. Brookdale in Kirkby Merseyside.
Looking forward to the Glasgow Derby tonight.
Think it will be same starting X1 as Sunday.
COYBIG
Marrakesh Express
English clubs won it 7 years out of 8 at the time that happened, after we had broken the Madrid/Milan/Lisbon barrier, of course!
Now they’re once in the last 9 years.
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POST-OF-THE-DAY….Macjay !
macjay1 for Neil Lennonon 5th April 2017 2:05 am
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 5TH APRIL 2017 1:48 AM
“I wasn’t even close to doing that,” said Deila. “I WAS the boss at Celtic. That is when you do have to make decisions. I wasn’t afraid of making decisions. That is the only way I feel you can improve as a coach and a person as well. You need to make mistakes. You need to make decisions, you have to take risks. And I have always done that in my career. If you are in a comfort zone you always go to the next level. At Celtic I found that unbelievably hard, but also very interesting.
“But Norwegian footballers are more … well for one, they are not millionaires,” he added. “That means they don’t get all that attention they get in Scotland. There are less foreign players as well, so it is maybe a more united group. If you had only Scottish players in your team then I think you would get the same thing. Also the culture in Norwegian society is more liberal. It is more open. Here, everybody will come into my office and talk to me. Here you play 38 games, if you are lucky enough to get to the cup final. There it was 60 a year. It is a very tough life. Being here is a holiday compared to Celtic.”
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Or , to summarise :
” The job was too big for me and I have now returned to my comfort zone “.
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My Dear Macjay…..
We Totally Concur With Your Excellent Analysis….
Out-Of-His-Depth…..
Is An Understatement !
When He First Arrived, He Promised That He Would Be Spending Hours Reviewing Videos Of Celtic’s Games In The Previous Couple Of Seasons….
So He Would Become Familiar With The Individual Players…
And Our Playing Style.
Sounded Hopeful…..??
Hmmm….When The Season Started, It Quickly Became Clear That The ‘Teacher’ Hadn’t Done His ‘Homework’..
He Appeared To Have Little Idea Of The Strengths And Qualities Of Our Existing Squad…..
And Struggled To Find Our Best Team And Formations…
The Introduction Of His ‘Scientific’ Backroom Staff Was Equally Disastrous..
General Fitness Levels Were Well Down…
Our Players Were Slow To Recover From Injuries…
And Complained Bitterly About The “Faddy Diets” Imposed On Them By The Norwegian Troika…
The Players Showed An Alarming Lack Of Stamina….
Often Letting Even The Wee Teams Of Part-Timers….
Have Us Hanging On Grimly….
In The Latter Stages Of Many Games.
Compare And Contrast With BR’s Squad Now…..
Our Players Under Delia Did Not Improve Their Physiques….
Look How Our Squad Has Improved Physically,Under BR….
Notably Dembele,Tierney,Armstrong…
And Even Forrest….!
They’re All Growing Into Man-Mountains
Opponents Will Just Bounce Off Them…
[The Porridge Oats In IRN-Bru Is Clearly Working Wonders….! Ed ]
Delia Just Did Not Possess The “People Skills”,Or The Tactical Awareness…..
Amongst Other Deficiencies….
To Become A Successful Celtic Manager….
He Lacked The Charisma And Savoir Faire We Have Come To Expect In Our Leader…..
And His Phoney “Ronnie Roar” Could Not Disguise His Multiple Inadequacies…
He Was Less Charismatic The A Dead Norwegian Parrot !
Lawwell Should FORGO His Bonuses For Those Two Seasons…..
Not Just DEFER Them….
Like The Slippery Operator He Is…
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Hello this is WEE BGFC. CALL FOR HEBCELT, CALL FOR HEBCELT. Despite a valiant attempt, Hutchy bhoy can’t get us hooked up so if you have th potential to get us tickets we would be delighted!!!!!
HH
WEE BGFC
WEE BGFC
Tell your dad I’ve sent Hebcelt at text but didn’t give his number out this time :-))
Marrakesh
A kinda new that, but was just getting the ball rolling for you, and I’m not sure Crerand won it either?
Waiting for younger daughter to arrive in car then off to the usual watering-hole!
COYBIG!
Not long till Celtic Park time. Lovely!
BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR on 5TH APRIL 2017 5:18 PM
you are a real trier young man.hope you are successful
TD67
Paddy Crerand won it the year after us, but wasn’t captain.
Spare brief tonights game anyone interested
This is a quote from Brendan in the et Rag today about Tom Rogic….” The MAGIC MAN” !
Rogic, 24, was playing the best football of his career before awkwardly catching his ankle in a match with Dundee.
Read more: Kieran Tierney is Celtic’s ordinary superstar who will never forget his roots
Despite Celtic’s continued cruise to their sixth title in a row, which was achieved at Tynecastle on Sunday, he has been a miss and Rodgers is delighted one of his favourites is available again.
“The magic man is back – what a player. What an amazing player,” said the Celtic manager. “I think he can grow into one of the top midfielders in Europe.
“You saw him grow in the Champions League. You saw him against Manchester City and just purred at his quality. There was a big disappointment when he got injured because the week building up to it he was amazing.
“Top players know where there space is and he’s as good as any I’ve seen at finding space. What he needed to do was gain intensity and strength, and gain more end product and he did all of that up until he got injured. He’s a great boost for us in this last ten games.
Well said Brendan…Tom “The MAGIC MAN”,
and not a hat in sight !
WE don’t need no stinking Hats” !
Superb Brendan.
Td67
I gathered that Tony. Did McLintock and Crerard both go to Holyrood? Or one of them Bonnie’s?
Big George just off the plane from Stornoway en route to the game, should be there about 6:45 get my no from BT. If not be in touch tomorrow PM. H H Hebcelt
HEBCELT on 5TH APRIL 2017 6:05 PM
Big George just off the plane from Stornoway en route to the game, should be there about 6:45 get my no from BT. If not be in touch tomorrow PM. H H Hebcelt
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Good man! Will do!! Thanks to all the pheeps for replying. We’re off to the game!
HH
WEE BGFC
Broonie just drove past me on London Rd, team bus 5 mins in front of him